Box-cover holder.



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BOX COVER HOLDER; 721-1331311011 IILE D Hill 14 1901.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

GEORGE W. VAN DRESSEN, ORLOW'VILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOi't TO JULIAN N. LANPHER,

I OF LO\VVILLE, N' ill' YORK.

BOX-COVER HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. VAN D n 1=;ssnn, a citizen of the United States, resnhng at Lowville, in the county of Lewis and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box-Cover Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,- and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains A to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accom anying drawings, andto the letters and gures of reference. marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in devices for holding box covers open and. in different positions and comprises a simple and ellicient device made referably of a sheet of thin metal and havmg a downwardly bent flange to catch over the u per end or side of a box and having a plura ity of slots adapted to receive the wall of the box to which the cover is hinged, one edge of the plate also being bent to form a flange for receiving the cover.

T 1e invention consists in various other details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my I device .as applied to a box and holding the cover: in a vertical ition. Fig. 2 is a similar v:|ew showing it holding the cover at an Inclination. Flg. 3 is a view showin the cover held at its farthest downward t row and parallel to earh other and spaced apart.

Said slots are preferably of such a width as to allow the same to receive the wall of the box to which the cover is hinged, as shown clearly in the various figures of the drawin F esi ates a downwardly turned ang ed flange, w ich beinzpreferably of resilient ma- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Zune 1;, 1907. Serial No. 379,060.

Patented m 12, 1908.

the box with suflicient-friction to hold thedevice upon the box.

One ed of the late is'bent to form a right ang ed flange which extends above the flange F, as does also the ortion of the plate K, and N designates an inclined flan e which is bent at an angle above the flange leavin a space between the up r edge thereo? the box cover.. The inclined flange N has its lower edge bent upon itself to form a card holder 0. 1 I In' adjusting the device to the box, the flange F is caught over the end of the box adj acent to the bin at! wall thereof and, if it is desired to hold t 1e cover in a vertical position, the edge of the cover is inserted in the slot between the flanges N and H and the slot E is pushed down to receive the back wall of the box to which the cover is hinged. As the device is ushed down over the edge of the box,- the ang e F will engage the end wall of the box, as s own in F' 1 to 3 inclusive,- and the cover will be he (1 in a vertical position. If it is desired to hold the cover at an inclination, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the slot D receives the back of the box to which the cover is hinged, the cover being held at an inclination conformin to e inclined flange N and when it is desired to hold the box at its farthest downward throw or flat against the back of the box, the plate is held in a position shown in Fi 1 of the drawings, the an e H at the end 0 the plate servin to hold t e cover fiat against said back. tom the foregoing, it will be noted that by the provision of the device shown and described a simple and efiicient device is afforded whereby the back of a box may be held in three positions as may be desired.

What I claim to be new is:

and the flange II for the reception of 1. A device-for holding covers of boxes at o erating with the laterally bent wings of the p ate to engage and hold a cover, as set forth. 2. A device for holding covers of boxes at different inclin atlons comprisin a sheet of metal which has a lurality of s ots ada ted ox,

to fit over the top 0 the rear wall of the Correction in Letters Patent No- 887,153

plate for en agement over the end of the box, one end of t 1e plate bent at an angle and cooiierating with the laterally bent ivmgs of the P plete for engagement over the end of the boat, one end of the plate being,bent at an anis d hold t e and adapted to engage a cover an upper surface thereof against the rear wellof 15 the box, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in resence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

C. H. BADLAM, II. M.1MILLS.

GE RGE W. VAN DRESSEN.

It is hereby certified that the names! the assignes in Letters Pi -tent Nat 87,163 granted May 12,1908, upon the application of George W. Van Dressen, of Lowvills New York, for an improvement in Box-Cover Holders, was erroneously written and printed "J uliau N. Lanpher, whereas the said name should have heedwritteh and printed Julian L. Lanpher; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 14th day of Ju1 ,'A. 1)., 1908. e l -J E. B. MOORE,

Commissioner of Patenh Correction in Letters Patent No- 887,153

plate for en agement over the end of the box, one end of t 1e plate bent at an angle and cooiierating with the laterally bent ivmgs of the P plete for engagement over the end of the boat, one end of the plate being,bent at an anis d hold t e and adapted to engage a cover an upper surface thereof against the rear wellof 15 the box, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in resence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

C. H. BADLAM, II. M.1MILLS.

GE RGE W. VAN DRESSEN.

It is hereby certified that the names! the assignes in Letters Pi -tent Nat 87,163 granted May 12,1908, upon the application of George W. Van Dressen, of Lowvills New York, for an improvement in Box-Cover Holders, was erroneously written and printed "J uliau N. Lanpher, whereas the said name should have heedwritteh and printed Julian L. Lanpher; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 14th day of Ju1 ,'A. 1)., 1908. e l -J E. B. MOORE,

Commissioner of Patenh m Letfers Patent No. 887,153.

Signed and sealed this 101i day ofJuIyQA. 1)., 1908.

[an-4L] r E. B. MOORE,

' Wan of Pdenb Correction 

